Medieval Book Reviews Samples For Students

Book Review

The book by Nicholas Orme is an important study in the history of education of the medieval England, and it exceeds expectations of many scholars and laymen who are familiar in this subject. As this typical rendition will have it, medieval schools were far and few in the medieval times, and how the schools did exist to dominate in the field of religious subjects. The author presents a convincing case in something like the opposite of that view, as education was relatively widespread in the times of medieval England, and was typically provided in the non-monastic settings, when in most ...

In the introduction to Hunter's Shakespeare and the Comedy of Forgiveness, the author announces his intention to combat oversimplifications that have arisen over the past few decades with regards to the scholarship of Shakespeare, wherein the attitude of Shakespeare itself at the time of his writing would actually reflect the politics and intent of the work itself (e.g. King Lear having a sad ending indicating Shakespeare being despondent at the time of its composition). "This study...will be an attempt to investigate one feature - the denouement in forgiveness - which is common to five of the later comedies" (Hunter 2). ...

Fagan, Brian. The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850. 1st ed. New York: Basic Books, 2001. Print.
In The Little Ice Age, Brian Fagan, who an archeology professor at the University of California, argues that a chill was developed by the climate of the Earth, eight centuries ago, and it sent “rippling” effects through Europe over 500 significant years of history. Those events are deeply important because they helped shape the modern world, but are easily ignored in terms of the unparalleled global warming today. However, at the same time, an example is provided by them while ...

In his book, “Roman Law in European History,” Peter Stein takes up the role of the storyteller to narrate to his readers how Roman law developed from the Twelve Tables to the twentieth century, even after the demise of the ancient Roman society. This 133-page book might be short, but it is a splendid way to learn how ancient Roman law lived on, and to comprehend its importance. It takes readers back to when Europe was reviving from the Middle Ages, and the search for a common law or ius commune has been brought about by the European movement. The emphasis ...

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the book is dedicated to the values and identity of the Japanese samurai culture. The author talks about the bodily and spiritual Japanese culture, especially for nature and death, as it reveals the basic principles of Zen aesthetics.
Modern cultural-historical process that operating in the framework of a democratic society is focused on the formation of a strong personality, a man - "warrior" in a variety of concepts. It demonstrates the interest to the eastern military tradition and military ethics. Even now, from the perspective of a foreigner, the current generation of Japanese, regardless of age, bears the ...

[Professor]
Winston Churchill once said: History is written by the victors. This clearly means that most history books are filled with what those in power wish to and deem worthy of recording. A History of Wales written by John Davies is not just any other history book. True, it consists of facts and figures and dates pertaining to the history of Wales. However, the book delves into the roots of the country and all that it went through to reach where it stands today. John Davies provides a closer look into the issues that plagued Wale since the pre ...

Introduction

Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s book Colored People is an extra ordinary book that captures moments in history for the African American community and all the communities which existed during the transition period in America in the second half of the twentieth century. The author portrays this unique period in the American cultural life history by focusing on one small town in West Virginia as a microcosm for what was happening in the fifties and sixties across the American racial landscape.
Piedmont was Gates home as a child and the color lines between the communities living there were almost deteriorating. ...